The Astrodome is rockin' in a another brutally physical Steelers/Oilers game on Monday Night Football. This game is a bitter Steeler loss, but it also demonstrates how resilient and explosive the Steelers are. Houston puts on a magnificent performance and dominates statistically, running the ball a whopping 54 times for 190 yards (Campbell 33 carries, 109 yards). But it takes a blown call by the officials overturning a legal recovery of a perfectly executed onside kick at 1:59:10 to thwart a Steelers comeback. Lynn Swann makes numerous incredible plays including snagging a pass that bounces out of Stallworth's hands and scoring a TD on a reverse. Stallworth is equally amazing, making an unbelievable TD grab of a 34-yard Bradshaw desperation bomb with 1:18 remaining at which point Howard Cosell exclaims in disbelief, "They don't quit! They will NEVER quit!"

A pre-curser to Chuck Noll dropping F bombs in that 1989 playoff game, also in the Astrodome.

Yes, and Greg Lloyd dropping an F-bomb after the 1995 AFC Championship game and "flunking the on-air audition" (according to Greg Gumble).

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05-27-2017, 10:44 AM

THIS is football.

MNF, the teams, the atmosphere, the announcers.

It was also fascinating to watch this Monday Night game as a polar opposite of the Monday Night game that preceded this- 7 days prior to this showdown, New Orleans had that catastrophic defensive meltdown in the 2nd half against Oakland despite a 21-point 2nd half lead.

From one team that couldn't get a defensive stop to save their lives to two superb teams trading blows on both sides of the ball.